Ice-creeper



(No Model.)

T. J. MGMURRAY, O. H. TERPANY & S. POGLESON.

ICE CREE-PER.

No. 341,265. Patented May 4, 1886.

WITNESSES 5 aym N. PETERS. Plmtn-Ulhugnplwr. Washmgmn. n. c.

UNITED STATES THOMAS J. llIoMIIRRAY, CHARLES H. TERPANY,

' OF MARION, OI-IIO.

PATENT OFFICE.

AND SI-IILLER FOGLESON,

lCE-CREEPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,265, dated May4,1886.

Application filed February .36, 1886.

T 0 aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS J. MoMUR- RAY, CHARLES H. ,TERPANY, andSHILLER FOGLEsON, all residents of Marion, in the county of Marion andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IceCreepers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourimproved ice-creeper. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the metallic platedetached; and Fi 3 is a sectional view showing a modified const ructionof our improvement.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

Our invention has relation to so-called icecreepers, adapted to beattached to boots or shoes for the purpose of preventing the wearer fromslipping on the ice; and it consists in the improved construction ot'adevice of that class, as will hereinafter be more fully described andclaimed.

In the present illustration of our invention we have shown it attachedto and forming part of an elastic heel cap adapted to be slipped overthe heel of a boot or shoe; but, if desired, the device may be attachedto the heel part of a pair of rubbers.

The device proper consists of a triangular plate, A, each corner ofwhich is provided with an upwardly-projecting stud, B. This plate isfastened to the under side of the heelcap 0 by means of rivets D; or, ifdesired, instead of using rivets, the plate may be cutout to formtriangular teeth E, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which, beingbent at right angles to the body of the plate, pierce the bottom of theheel-cap and are clinched on the inside of the same, as will be seenmore clearly by reference to Fig. of the drawings. By this constructionof the plate we dispense with the use of rivets, and attach the plate tothe heel-cap in such a manner that it cannot possibly become detachedtherefrom.

Instead of fastening the plate on the under I Serial No. 193,296. (Nomodel.)

side of the heel-cap, as shown in Fig. 1, it may 3 of the drawings, fromwhich it will be seen that the plate A is embedded between the layersforming the heel portion of the cap 0, with the teeth or studs 13projecting through the bottom layer.

As stated at the outset of this specification, it is obvious that,instead of attaching the plate to a heel-cap, as shown in the drawings,it may be made a part of a complete rubber without departing from thespirit of our inveution.

W'e are aware that ice-creepers have heretofore been formed of metalplates with spurs riveted thereto; others of metal plates with spursstruck therefrom to project from one or both faces thereof, and thatsimilar devices have been placed with their plates between the layers ofsandal-soles, and we do not claim such construction, broadly; but

\Ve claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl.-The within-describedice-creeper, consisting of a triangular metallicplate, a downwardly-projecting spur riveted in each angle thereof, andnear each spur a pointed securer struck up from said plate and facingtoward the center thereof, substantially as described and set forth.

2. The combination of an elastic heelsandal and a triangular metallicplate having a spur riveted in each angle and projecting through thelower layer of the heel of said sandal, and having a pointed securerstruck up from said plate near each spur and projecting through theupper layer of said heel, said securers being clinched down toward thecenter of said plate, substantially as described and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. MCMURRAY. CHARLES H. TERPANY. SHILLER FOGLESON. \Vitnesses:

J. K. REDD, J OHN F. LEFFLER.

